The Most Impressive Resin Model I've Ever Built (AMX-50, Resinscales 1/35)

[@awe633]

I love the detail, but I can't imagine ever wanting to build something with so few pieces. Putting it together is the best part!

[@SteveKeithmodels]

My thoughts exactly... Model building is about building....

[@carlperkins1812]

And thats before you even see the price!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Gotta agree, I just love to observe the model "grow" on the workbench

[@Rguhbuh]

@@carlperkins1812 well resin is more expensive than plastic, so what do you expect?

[@harkejuice]

I'm the opposite, if its a real model I like to get straight to the painting. If I'm putting everything together, I might as well scratchbuild.

[@FirstLast-ks6vm]

Man, this hasn't been a great week, but I'm glad to see you're back and I'm really looking forward to this video. Thanks, Uncle Night Shift.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Aww, cheers mate!

[@mrbigbrain2429]

hope your week gets better man

[@FirstLast-ks6vm]

@@mrbigbrain2429 Hey thanks man, I appreciate that.

[@larrymanns364]

Same brother, my week has been garbage but videos like this get the weekend off to a good start

[@FirstLast-ks6vm]

@@larrymanns364 Hopefully your weekend is better than your week was, and yes, a good Night Shift video is a great way to kick off your weekend right.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

My friends, I'm back from winter hibernation! Hope y'all had wonderful holidays and Happy New Year! It's good to be back! Edit: forgot to add a link to the grab handle tool, it's in the description! :)

[@guccigang6287]

Always great to see your videos night shift they help me get through uni lol

[@darreld1163]

Can’t wait to see the projects you’ll be working on this year, I’m glad your back 👍

[@gamedude412]

For How tight the track and Wheel plate was a Razor saw would have been good.

[@danielcruzcarrasco8797]

Welcome back, I missed this friday vídeos.

[@runklestiltskin_2407]

The ninjitzu of 3dprinting says remove supports before curing and use hot water (60C) to soften the supports, makes support removal easy as fock

[@FLbk3010]

Just a tip from someone who works professionally with 3D printers: just use a pot with hot water and put the parts in for one minute. Then you normally can easily pull of the supports (sometimes depends on the used material). Just make sure it is not as hot that the parts also start to bend/deform.

[@neocalder1228]

I do the same thing with my 3d printer makes removing the supports much less tedious

[@hallstuart6604]

I was just about to suggest this! ;-)

[@thunderstruck6647]

@F. Lbk do you have a temperature recommendation or?

[@maevethefox5912]

@@thunderstruck6647 I use about 85C from my kettle, but that was with Forge World resin for Warhammer kits, I can't be sure if the 3d printed stuff would work quite the same. Advice I got was to start with hot tap water, and if it doesn't do enough, add splashes of boiling from a kettle until it works. Another good option for longer pieces is a hair dryer, they can direct a pretty solid and controlled amount of heat.

[@bleysmcnutt5500]

He cites at 5:08, that the reason he didn't do it is because "3d Resin doesn't react well to that, and they won't bend back into their original position a week later."

[@apachethemodeller9466]

These early cold war french tanks are really cool. The best thing is the similarity with german Gen 3 tanks. And those THICC cast oscilating turrets…

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Oh, the oscillating turet in a fully elevated position!

[@G60syncro]

Yes! It can clearly be seen that the French had been fielding the Panther post war and used the tech and updated it for the running gear. It would be an interesting concept to do a what if model of a 1948 panzer MBT of a victorious German-GB-USA pact vs Soviet cold war era vehicle.

[@vermilion7777]

@@G60syncro Yeah. German WW2 tank construction had a lot of influence on french 50s tanks. Even the engine was german.

[@flyingscotsman9657]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!! I'M THE ONE WHO REQUESTED THIS MONTHS AGO!!!!!!

[@sjoerd.2004]

If you would have told me there would be 100% 3d printed models in 2022 10 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. But here we are, amazing…

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Exactly, but then again, we live in the future :)

[@jeanhamilton3296]

I can remember how, ten years ago, 3d printed objects would look heavily layered lol I can't believe how fast it became somewhat of a legit thing !

[@TomasLeGamer]

This version of the Amx 50 is by far my favorite. Also really surprised that uncle night shift used WoT and accurate in the same sentence

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Haha, they put a lot of effort into their 3D models! The WoT HD render matches the real vehicle pretty much perfectly.

[@fernandomarques5166]

If there's one good thing I can say about Wargaming is that their art department has never let me down and they deserve all the love they (the art dep.) can get, they do a really good job.

[@TomasLeGamer]

@@fernandomarques5166 music team too. They be making bangers

[@Welterino]

WoT art department is absolutely amazing, music too. Too bad they are probably the only 2 departments that know what they are doing...

[@tonger7018]

@@TomasLeGamerairfield, sand river, ghost town, studzianki, all kinda bangers ngl

[@ho-2036]

When watching you grind that resin, I just had to say something. That paper mask isn’t going to keep those super fine resin particles out of your lungs. I recommend getting a 3M 7502 mask with some P100 filters, or equivalent. When sanding, do it wet. You won’t know you sucked up too much resin until it’s too late and you become hypersensitive to dust. Just trying to help.

[@TME555]

Man I've wanted a proper AMX (any of the experimental ones) kit in plastic for a while now. Shame they're not that well known to warrant one of the bigger manufacturers taking a shot at them. Still, this looks temptingly good.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Agreed, a styrene kit would be awesome, but this is surprisingly good. And definitely not as terrifying as a "traditional" complete resin kit :)

[@TME555]

@@NightShiftScaleModels I'm still holding out hope for someone like Amusing Hobby to do a kit as they seem fond of experimental and paper tanks, and they do good work with those.

[@ozzythehoddy]

Tamiya do an AMX 13!

[@TME555]

@@ozzythehoddy I have one of the Takom ones, solid little thing. But I meant stuff along the lines of this one, AMX 50 100, AMX 50 120 or even the Lorraine 40t which is even more unique with those rubber tyres for roadwheels.

[@guillaumeheinrich9668]

Amusing Hobby released an ARL 44. Maybe they will release the AMX family some day? 🤞

[@Panzermeister36]

Great work! This looks very impressive. I've seen some of these ResinScales kits on FB but people complained about a lot of layer lines and poor printing. It looks like they've upped their game on the newer releases :)

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Hey there King, some of the print texture is very hard to remove and it would require a lot of time and effort, but the best way is to accept the model for what it is - a raw 3D print (and that already makes it pretty unique!). It's also surprising how much can be hidden or obscured by paint :)

[@Panzermeister36]

Yeah I guess armour texture and primer and paint all work to conceal it.

[@blade_pooper2397]

Finally, I can start looking towards Friday again

[@guccigang6287]

Looking forward to watching your vid!! Hey does anyone know a place with good reference photos for german armour?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Just type whatever tank you're looking for into Google and add "walkaround", you should find a bunch of good galleries of museum tanks :) For historical photos... hours spent on Google images, at least for me, haha.

[@guccigang6287]

@@NightShiftScaleModels who doesn’t love action google for hours lol when you built that jagdpanther from meng I built their panther a early kit those tracks took forever especially after adding the ice cleats. Thanks for the reply appreciate it

[@Ducati121]

Holy cow, I just checked their site out. They have Red Alert 2 armor. Yep I know what my next project is going to be.

[@sholtham1]

I enjoyed this so much I've treated myself to a ResinScales T110 E4

[@jimmeyhd8022]

WELCOME BACK UNCLE! Was just starting to wonder when we would be graced with more friday vids. Hope you had a great time!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Cheers! It's great to be back!

[@britishneko3906]

as a Frenchie lover... I want this

[@barrag3463]

Protip from someone who handles 3D printed resin models, albeit not tank ones, at my work. The bottom hard piece the supports are attached to is called the raft, and we often break that into pieces before beginning to remove individual supports, as it makes it a little easier to get at the more interior supports. The supports attaching it to the parts will often break off the parts with the raft pieces before the parts break (with obvious exceptions when it comes to more delicate parts).

[@martinidry8154]

Accurate Armour have been manufacturing excellent complete kits of 1/35 military vehicles since the late 1980's. I've built their Panther D w/ IR scopes and zimmerit, they're outstanding. Very easy to build and incredible detail - the bare minimum of scaffolding and flash.Their figures are of the highest standard. I have their 1/35 U-BOAT. Unparralled achievement. I will build it when I master seascapes. Great work sunshine and so entertaining with your observations.

[@joshuagoss6896]

Good to have you back! Cool model, love it.

[@jacobakana5649]

HORAY! I’m glad to see you back on KZbin! I’ll be honest Martin, this is awesome! Once again you have surprised us all and created another beautiful kit, great job!

[@roadweary5252]

He has graced us with his presence once again! All bow to the modeling master!

[@adorimirable]

Im working on the meng 1/35 ft17, your painting tutorials with acrylic paints are really helping me

[@YensR]

1:29 they are even printing the parts' packaging protector in one go?! Wow!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yeah, some of the engineering is very nifty!

[@themammoth67]

@@NightShiftScaleModels use war thunder not world of tanks next time

[@vulcan-scalemodeling]

Very impressive model. I have seen 3d printed kits before but not like this. You have my subscription and will continue to. Keep up the great work.

[@larrymanns364]

This looks fantastic! And props to Rob for coming up with such a uniquely designed tool

[@rangerstl07]

"Keep building those models, not just collecting them". Amen, brother.

[@thatbritishmodelguy]

Best birthday present yet

[@ndewingful]

Just looked up the kits, those prices are understandable for resin but WILD 🤯 definitely will be waiting for the tech to get better or cheaper.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yeah, I'm sure the print time is also a huge factor for the final price. Printing one of these kits must take several days.

[@JPKelly-xr7tr]

This!

[@rcrawford42]

@@NightShiftScaleModels Yes -- assuming they're using consumer-grade printers, we're talking 3 seconds for most layers, and there are likely 20 layers per mm of height. Since the hull looks like it was printed standing on its front, that's per mm of the length. Plus it has to be cleaned and cured -- and they have to account for failed prints in their costs.

[@BOTmaster15]

@@NightShiftScaleModels still probably it would be cheaper if you have printer yourself in the long run.

[@alinmeleandra3175]

just a beautiful tank... (the AMX-50)

[@Darth_Barnaby]

4:14 That message made my day

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin 🐺

[@MCSDorneles]

the AMX 50 is one of my favorite tanks in Work of Tanks game. Fell in love with this orange beauty

[@haiichuu]

I appreciate the bottom corner notes for new tools and toys used in builds! I'm always pleasantly surprised by the variety of tricks and tools that are out there to make modelling more enjoyable. Coming back to the hobby after university, your channel has helped me catch up and learn a lot of advancing technique. Thank you.

[@StrikeR69420]

Love ur vids. As someone whit little to no experience in this type of stuff i find them very interesting, and fun to watch. Keep up the good job

[@VinBizz]

when the world needs him, he returns

[@Rufus29]

You have extraordinary patience doing these models! Very interesting and your verbal description is excellent

[@l1zrdking]

So great, I dont build models but I love to sit and watch these videos.

[@marcusborderlands6177]

I LOVE the amx 50, this looks sick

[@cesaresordina5080]

If you put the pieces in hot water the various support will come off easily. With most type of resin it works

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Indeed, I've been told the same thing. However I had a bad experience when washing the model with soapy water, the moisture made the tracks "soft" and grow in size. I forgot to mention it in the video, but luckily, the "shrank" back to their original size. So I'd rather avoid it with some fragile parts, just to play it safe.

[@shadow7037932]

No, that's terrible idea. It will soften and deform the resin long term. Don't do this.

[@shadow7037932]

@@NightShiftScaleModels You are correct. Hot water deforms the pieces. Bad idea to use that "trick".

[@cesaresordina5080]

@@shadow7037932 I always do that and it never deformed in the long term, could be the type of resin

[@GoneFishing-8373]

Welcome back, we missed you!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Cheers, I'm glad to be back!

[@mjertovjek7283]

Ah, yes! The Superbias. This tank is one of the reasons I started playing War Thunder. I'm looking forward to see you finish this beast of a model!

[@edwardfrank9148]

I enjoy your videos. I recently got back into modeling and I ordered a hot wire cutter for dioramas. You inspired me!!

[@logankent5197]

A tip for removing supports quickly is to place the item in warm water as most supports will be warm and be easier to remove, bend,etc… Love the vids though man

[@nathanlovell832]

I literally came here to say the same, you save a lot of time by doing so. I haven't used nippers for nearly 12 months at this stage.

[@interestingpie493]

This is incredible detail and with so few parts! But, building the models is the best part.....

[@yanikalol5853]

so happy to see you back! hope you had a great time

[@ModellingWeekly]

This is the inspiration and mojo boost I need right now. Welcome back, Uncle nightshift ;)

[@dogforeyals]

We miss you a lot MR. Night Shift! Happy 2022!!

[@syrmalcolm]

Nice work. I'm impressed with the kit. Printing is starting to get pretty solid. Thanks!

[@andrewschanck3363]

Man, that thing is a total beast! Great work!

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

3d printing isn't my thing, but hey man, since it's you, I will always watch you take a kit and turn into a work of art that belongs in a war museum. I have learned so much from you. Even my parents are fans of your work.

[@maevethefox5912]

This is really impressive! I used to run conventions for Games Workshop and it would often mean building out resin Forge World models for displays. The level of detail on the larger vehicles never got close to this, and there was always a copious amount of having to de-warp large hull panels. Set me off ever looking at resin, honestly. I will say, I would miss the fun of assembling plastic kits, I'm one of those who really enjoys putting 800 pieces together over a week or so in the evening, but seeing the technology at work really excites me in regards to aftermarket bits, the barrel especially, but also turret options for rarer versions of vehicles that already have solid hull kits out there.

[@Rickumans]

Next time you get one of these kits, throw the parts in hot (not boiling) water to make the supports far softer, allowing them to come off just by looking stern at them. These kit's do look incredible though!

[@AbstractArmorHLF]

Sold on grab handler and ordered. Thank you for the recommendation.

[@-ZETA-]

I agree that kits like this are probably going to be far more common in the future. I was surprised at how well done this particular kit was. Very cool.

[@christosswc]

Nothing more satisfying for me than putting the parts together. If they came in a low part count I would find another hobby. Thankfully I'm sure companies understand that so even if this is the future they will still cater for us that enjoy construction.

[@iguanayt2740]

Yes! AMX-50 Surbaisse, my all time favorite french heavy tank! Cant wait to see the end result Edit: This champ hearting all the comments!

[@justhere9731]

“I bet no modeler ever would hide their mistakes with weathering.” Me, applying texture paste to act as mud and to cover the bits of missing paint on my tank tracks: “absolutely yessir o7”

[@hrmpug1092]

Nightshift always gets the modelling mojo back up, time to get back to the desk.

[@sfjuhispst8144]

AMX 50B is one of my favourite heavy tank designs ever. It still looks so futuristic today!

[@somerandompeepsect40]

Finally, I was interested in this hobby before but couldn't find any cheap and good kits near me. Lately, I was thinking about whether or not I could just model and print my own tank model. But thanks to this video, you have sparked my interest in this hobby once more. Looking forward to the end result!

[@josephsiegrist9521]

YES, that's my favorite tank. excited to see how it turns out!

[@SuperiorOverlanding]

A tip from someone who does a lot of resin 3d printing- if you have an ultrasonic cleaner that has a heater function, or have some heated water, and let the supports soak, they'll be infinitely easier to remove.

[@chriskinney8947]

Another amazing video Another amazing build, this might be the future of modeling

[@beny4064]

Man, this is my favorite French tanks so i'll be looking at this project vety closely. Awesome work keep it up

[@stephenjudaysr8915]

Welcome back "My friend" hope you had a great holiday break and keep on modeling!! Well done again!!

[@ktotoad]

This is the best present for new year!

[@Vlka_Fenryka]

Yes, back to looking forward to Friday's.

[@SmallSoldier]

That is a real "unit"! Pretty impressive Martin... I like the figure choice as well.

[@Disbandeddeath1]

Whered you get the kit looks awesome id like too get 1

[@gavin5326]

The amx 50 is so cool, I was lucky enough to see it in real life. Can't wait to see your build, I may have to get this too

[@gub0ne182]

I can't wait for the day when I can just buy the model kit I want and 3d print it on my own resin printer. I have printed many different scale items for my RC Hobby on my printer. Looking forward to where this goes in the future!

[@nothisismine]

This amx50 looks sooooo goood!!!! Gotta love post war french tanks! Awesome video.

[@certifiedidiot9625]

Such a cool looking tank!

[@MC-bw6fb]

I love seeing you building a French tank !!!!

[@EricElwellArt]

Awesome! I've been hoping to see how a 3d printed model is worked on by a model whiz like you. Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@Dovakhin94]

Man I just love the AMX 50. Its quite a fun tank in World of tanks. Also the Austrian Kürassier is just as beautiful and also has the Wiegeturm.

[@atrox4399]

This is my faviorite francy tank👍😁

[@williamowens5144]

Glad to see you back with a fantastic new model and love that it's a high quality 3d print. Can't wait to see how it looks with paint and weathering.

[@smagda]

To fix resin pinholes or even to weld broken pieces you should purchase a small bottle of resin used in MSLA printers. You can apply a drop with a toothpick to fill in the hole or even to hold pieces together and if use a UV flashlight to instantly harden it. Then you can sand it down like normal.

[@broodicus1]

The master modeller in action again, its a great end to the week! Great job!

[@ryanwarkentin4706]

It's a great day when you upload love you content, love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@nickcarry3326]

After exam from spanish this is exactly what i needed

[@THX-1138.]

Amazing, and that wire bending jig? Brilliant!

[@030corpetlouvet]

Welcome to weekend!, first pleasure see Nightshift video 👍

[@der_fuxs]

Starting the new year with a big bang!👌🏼 I’m very much looking forward to the painting and weathering!

[@swdw973]

Having a hi-res resin printer . . . The problem with separating the tracks was a print setup issue. They could have set a parameter to place the tracks further off the base, making access to the sprues longer and easier to remove. As for the panel lines. it depends on the resin they use whether or not the panel lines will come out well. This is a learning process, and since they are new at this as a commercial endeavor, they still probably have to work out some issues.

[@nicholashall7999]

Can't wait to see you weather and paint this one, looks awesome mate, keep up the good work.

[@MotorStorm]

I couldn't hope for a better way to end this miserable week, thank you!

[@Maxalhw]

Hello Night Shift, im also into the hobby and i would like to say that i believe that 3d printing are going to get into the hobby but not completely replace the regular technices I could see a 3d printed head light and gun, machine guns and stuff but i dont think all models will have a 1-piece hull. I personally never painted any of my 8 tank kits (yet) thus building is more than welcomed for me

[@aaron2709]

That figure looks great on this tank.

[@stephenbridges2791]

Glad you're back. I just started a Ryefield Panzer IV today. First time with the brand. Got some 3D printed tracks for it and upgrade kit. Tried out a vortex shaker my son gave me during the holidays. Don't know how I got along without it..130 seems pretty reasonable for a pretty rare subject.

[@barrylucas8679]

Really look forward to your latest video...always something new, entertaining and useful. Thankyou

[@TheLightLOD]

For making handles I usually just use standard long nose pliers and pieces of paperclip, the ridges and increasing with of the pliers are guide enough.

[@timnelson2560]

Uncle night shift, have you considered doing a separate series of a community build. Where you pick a widely available kit and go through a beginner level tutorial step by step while people follow along with their own kit at home?

[@hankj.wimbleton6833]

omg amx 50b my favorite!! where did you buy the model by the way?

[@angry_morbo]

О! 50В! Its awesome! Beautiful tank!

[@wolfeye2717]

Just dipping them in warm/hot water makes them pretty easy to remove supports, though drying them can be a pain later xD

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Water can also soften and distort the resin, so it's good to be very careful with that! The tracks "grew" in size after I washed the model prior to painting, luckily they shrank back after a few hours

[@Johnlaplander]

Hey, tbh ive had a really shitty week, woth everything from school (junior in highschool (11th grade)), mental health, family issues and my problems with self harm, but seeing your post made the last day of my fucked week a a lot better. Your videos are something ive always looked forward to since i discovered your channel. So thank you man, a lot, i hope u had a good christmas...❤

[@bruceismay5440]

After completing my king tiger I have gotten a stug 3. Can’t wait to find new techniques from this series